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From 1935 to 1939, the U.S. Federal Theatre Project (FTP) created jobs for out-of-work theater professionals. It organized and funded a wide range of productions — “from productions of sacred plays of the Middle Ages to classic plays by William Shakespeare and Richard Brinsley Sheridan and modern works by George Bernard Shaw, Gerhard Hauptmann, Lillian … Continue reading U.S. Federal Theatre Project: theater for all Americans
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